47 U.S. Code § 51 to 63 - Repealed. Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 169,

Section
51, act Aug. 13, 1912, ch. 287, § 1,37 Stat. 302, required license for operation of apparatus for radio communication and transmission of radiograms or signals, revocable for cause, described its interstate, foreign and local aspects, exempted the United States from its requirement and provided for special call letters for every Government station and penalties and forfeiture of offending apparatus. See sections
301,
305,
312,
501, and
503 of this title.

Section
52, act Aug. 13, 1912, ch. 287, § 2,37 Stat. 303, related to form of license, United States citizenship of licensee, and contents of license, including statement of restrictions, ownership, location, purpose, wave length, and hours for work of station, subjection to rules and regulations and to closing by the President in time of war, public peril or disaster or Government use or control with payment of just compensation. See sections
307 to
309 of this title.

Section
53, act Aug. 13, 1912, ch. 287, § 3,37 Stat. 303, required that operators of radio apparatus be licensed, provided for one year period of suspension of license for noncompliance with rules and regulations, declared the employment of unlicensed operators to be unlawful and provided penalty therefor and authorized the issuance of temporary permits in emergencies by collector of customs to operators on a vessel. See sections
308 and
318 of this title.

Section
54, act Aug. 13, 1912, ch. 287, § 4,37 Stat. 304, subjected private and commercial stations to certain specific regulations, provided for enforcement and waiver of regulations, for grant of special temporary licenses to conduct radio tests and experiments, and prescribed general penalty for violation of regulations and reduction and remittance of such penalty and suspension or revocation of license. The Regulations, numbered First-Nineteenth, related to: (1) normal wave length; (2) other wave lengths; (3) use of a pure wave; (4) use of a sharp wave; (5) use of a standard distress wave; (6) signal of distress; (7) use of broad interfering wave for distress signals (see section
321(a) of this title); (8) distance requirement for distress signals; (9) right of way for distress signals (see section
321(b) of this title); (10) reduced power for ships near a Government station; (11) intercommunication (see section
322 of this title); (12) division of time (see section
323(a) of this title); (13) Government stations to observe divisions of time (see section
323(b) of this title); (14) use of unnecessary power (see section
324 of this title); (15) general restrictions on private stations; (16) special restrictions in the vicinities of Government stations; (17) ship stations to communicate with nearest shore stations; (18) limitations for future installations in vicinities of Government stations; (19) secrecy of messages and penalty for violations (see sections
501 and
605 of this title). See also sections
502 and
504 of this title.

Section
55, act Aug. 13, 1912, ch. 287, § 5,37 Stat. 308, required license to prescribe that operator shall not willfully or maliciously interfere with any other radio communications and provided penalty for such violations. See sections
308 and
501 of this title.

Section
61, act June 5, 1920, ch. 269, § 1,41 Stat. 1061, related to use of Government-owned radio stations and apparatus for official business, compass reports, and safety of ships. See section
305 of this title.